South Africa has defeated West Indies by 9 wickets. Aiden Markram defeated the Caribbean bowlers and played a powerful and historic inning of 82 runs. With this victory, South Africa has almost confirmed its place in the semi-finals. This victory of Africa is also beneficial for Team India.
In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, West Indies came to bat first. West Indies had lost 7 wickets till the score of 83 runs, but Jason Holder scored 49 runs and Romario Shepherd scored 52 runs. Holder and Shepherd made a partnership of 89 runs to take West Indies to 176 runs.
Aiden Markram’s magic
Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram gave a great start to South Africa, who came to chase the target of 177 runs. Both of them broke the back of the West Indies bowling line-up by adding 95 runs in just 8 overs. De Kock scored 47 runs in 24 balls, while captain Markram returned unbeaten after scoring 82 runs. In this innings he hit 7 fours and 4 sixes.
Apart from him, Ryan Rickleton returned unbeaten after scoring 45 runs. Let us tell you that if India beats Zimbabwe this evening, then South Africa will reach the semi-finals. Lungi Ngidi destroyed the Caribbean batting by taking 3 wickets in the bowling before Aiden Markram’s storm. Whereas Kagiso Rabada and Corbin Bosch took two wickets each.
relief to india
The Indian team has also got relief from South Africa’s 9 wicket victory, because now its path to the semi-finals has become much easier than before. Now if India wants to go to the semi-finals, it will have to win only its next two matches.
